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RE: Musiland Monitor 01 USD - late to the party, but...

Hi,

> I don't have the same issue that you have identified; the spdif
> output being decent and there is no furring as shown in your picture.

Interesting, what 'scope do you use? What is the frequency limit?

Also note that I measured with a 1.5m SPDIF cable attached and terminated at the far end, not directly into a 75 Ohm terminator at the unit, as I am interesting in the practical performance, not theory...

Both the impedance mismatch and the excessive leakage inductance of the output transformer are shown up well when measuring like this (and yes, the far end looks even worse).

> It is my prectice to relock spdif outputs or use a dac with v
> good clock cleaning and regeneration capabilities.

That certainly helps.

> I agree that the 1.0.3.2 software is solid.

Yes. And I like the sample rate auto adjustment.

> However, the 1.0.5 drivers has been hacked such that the
> digital levels depend on the PC and instaed of 100, shows
> 78 or 156! To my ears the sound is more mellow and worse.
>
> The 1.0.7 driver does not work on any of my PCs at all
> (firmware not recognised).

Then don't use them... :-)

Ciao T
Thor

At 20 bits, you are on the verge of dynamic range covering fly-farts-at-20-feet to intolerable pain. Really, what more could we need?

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